Stbip shingle



L. BUSHA STRIP SHINGLE May 1o, 1927 .original Fi1edFeb.'11. 1924 17m/6% op v LEO/ v BUJHA j v'romvefys Reissued .May 1Q, 1927.

UNITED STATES LEON BUsHA, or MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, AssrGNon To WILLIAM EDWIN NEL-SON,

f Re. 16,621

PATENT oFFlcE.

OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

' .0rig`ina1.No. 1,533,969,dated April 14.1925, Serial No. 692,157, filed February 11, 1924. Application for reissue ledvMay 28, 1925. Serial-No. 33,1562.

This invention relates tti-improvements in strip shingles for covering the roots or Wallsv of buildingsfsaid Shingles. being formed preferably of roofing felt or material of a similar nature-,Witha mineral covering or surface .usually formed of finely divided slate, stone, gravel, or `similar material.

The present'invention is an improvement on the strip shingle shown and described in i0 Letters Patent of the United States issued t-o me August 14th, 1923,'No, 1,464,494.

The invention consists generally in the constructions and combinations hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in .5 the claims.l y

'l In the accompanyingdrawings:

Figure 1 is aplan View of a single shingle embodying my invention;

Figure g is a plan of a sheet of material, or' a portion of a sheet, illustrating thev manner in which the strip shingles may be cut v therefrom;'

- Figure 3 1s a plan Vietti' showing a preferred manner of laying the 'shingles to' orm a roof or Wall covering. In the drawings, 1 represents the vbody portion of the-strip shingle,'whichv1nay be formed'in the usual Way,'of a foundation sheet of. wool felt, with a coating or layer "0 of pitch, asphalt or thev like, on one s-ur- V face of thefelt, and a layerof crushed slate, stone, gravel, or similarl material pressed into the coating and heldin placel thereby.

I form, at-,one edge of the body, projectr ingextensions or butts, 2-2, here shovvn ot' generally rectangular form, but with the .base of the butt widened by the diagonal'or inclined lines -Z, and the lower end of the butt correspo-ndingly narrowed by the inclined or diagonal linesv` 2t-0l. Separating spaces 3 3 are thereby provided, each equal "in outline or contour, and area to the outline, contour and area. of each of the butts 2.`

.4 The shingle may be cut Jfrom a rectangular l sheet of single Width separating the sheet longitudinally on the dotted lines 5-5 llig-z ure 2, and transversally on the dotted lines 6-6 and 8-8.-

It the sheet is ofdouble Width it Will also 150.' b e .severed along the straight dotted line 7 7. From a single Width sheet two strip shingles may be formed by, cutting in the manner described, and from a double width sheet four such shingles may be formed In starting the manufacture of they thingles from a double strip,'as indica .d in Figure 2, there Will be at the end of the strip'two small `corners e-e Which will be Wasted, but there will be no further Waste until the opposite' vend of the sheet is reached. In' producing .this strip shingle the butts 22 are located at the same distance from the ends of the body of the shingle, thatl is to say, theline 'a-f, that measures the distance from the right` liand'butt to the end of t-he shingle strip, is equal to the line a-g that measures thel distance from the left hand butt to theleft hand end of the shingle. The distance a-f or a-g is equal to one-halfvthe distance L-z', between the'butts the total vertical length of t-he butt vvill be substantially one-third the distance from the lower edge of the butt to the upper edge of the shingle so that in producing the shingle from a. strip t material as outlined above, there Will be no Waste of material except at the corners of the ends of, the strip. -This produces an entirely Y symmetrical shingle and When the same is laid on a roof in overlapping relation as illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawings the roof will not only' have a symmetrical appearancebut every "part of the root will have at least two layers of material cover--y ing it.

A I do not limit myself te any particular "material forl forming the saine.

I claim as my invention:

l.' Astrip shingle comprising a body por tion ande'ach shingle having a plurality of separated butts projecting fromv one edge thereof, the vbutts being connected with the body portion at the base by inclined. lines, said butts also having vertical side edges, the ends of the butts being correspondingly shaped Withadjacent separating spaces and ,l the distance from the point 'where the outer incli'ned line of one butt joins the be dy por" tion to the end of the shingle being equal to the distance from the' point where the outer inclined line of the other butt joins the body portion to the end of the shingle stri 2. A shingle strip comprising a bo y portion and a butt rojecting from one edge thereof, the butt ing connected with the body portion'at the base by inclined lines.

on either side of the butt, said butt also havingv vertical side. edges whereby when he l' shingles are located end to end there will be :L separating space between proximate butts, thee'nd of the butt being correspondingly shaped with' adjacent separatin spacesand the distance from the point w ere-the inclined line 'of eachbutt joins the body portion to one end of the shingle being equal to the' distance from the point where the .corresponding inclined line on the other side l0 of the butt joins the body lportion tothe middle pointfof the .Separating space between proximate butts.;

3.' A strip shingle comprising a bodypor vtion and ech shingle having a. plurality of 15 separated butts projecting from one edge. thereof, the butts being connected with the body portion atthe base by inclinedlines, the ends of the butt-s ,being bounded by a horizontal and two inclinedy lines and the l0 butts 'being correspondingly shaped with adjacent separating spaces and the distance from the point Where the outer inclined line of one butt joins the body portion t0 the end ofthe shingle beingequal` to the'dis! -25 tance from the pointwhere the outer inclined 4line of. the other buttjoins the body portion butts being correspondingly shaped with ad" jacent separating spaces, and the distance yfrein the point-where the line of ech butt joins the :body portion to one end of the shingle being equal to -the distance iomwthe point where the corresponding lines on 'the other vside ofthe butt joins the bodyA portion to the- Iniddle point of the separating space between proximate butts; seid shingle heini@r soeproportioned that/ the distance from the tip or vlower side of each butt to the top of the shingle shell he 'a distance equal to more than three tinies'the length of projection of said butt from the 11min body of the Suid shingle. ,I

`In Witness-whereof- I havel hereunto set my hand this 27th day of .May, 1925,

v LEON BUSHA. 

